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How to Make the I Got That Feeling AI Pet Dance Video

Two photos, two pets. One dances alone, then the other walks in, stands up and joins — the whole arc, in your own living room. Vertical, 8 seconds, real sound, no prompt to write.

Starrd Team|September 22, 20266 min read

Quick answer

Upload two pet photos to Starrd's I Got That Feeling template and it puts both of them standing upright on their hind legs doing the dance, side by side in a real room. It costs 100 credits (about $5), takes two photos — one pet each — and comes out vertical 9:16 at 8 seconds with the trend audio underneath — one pet dancing alone, then the other walks in and joins.

Two photos in, and out comes one pet dancing alone — then the other walks in, stands up on its back legs and joins in a real room. Here's exactly what you get:

I Got That Feeling, from two pet photos — one alone, then the other walks in — 8 seconds, vertical

I Got That Feeling

Two photos, your own place. One pet dancing, then the other walks in and joins. No prompt to write.

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What the Trend Actually Is

This one belongs to a family that has been quietly running for a while: the standing-pet dance. An animal is up on its hind legs, front paws held out in front of its chest working like a pair of arms, bobbing through a short routine on somebody's living room floor.

The clip this template copies comes from the Tiny Odd Pets account on TikTok — two kittens, a white one with a red bow and a black one, doing it side by side on a wooden floor with a lamp glowing behind them. It starts as a solo and the second kitten wanders in partway through, which is when it gets good.

Why it works: it's the gap between how a cat actually moves and how a person moves. A pet doing a whole human gesture — paws up, weight shifting, holding the pose — is funny in a way that a pet just being a pet isn't. And two of them doing it together is twice the joke for the same eight seconds.

The Two-Slot Rule

The order you upload decides the side:

SlotPosition
Photo 1The pet on the left
Photo 2The pet on the right

That's the whole contract. Each slot is one animal — don't put a photo with two pets in it into a single slot, because then the casting is ambiguous and you'll get a blend.

Pro Tip

Your pets do not need to be standing up in the photo. Send a completely normal picture of them sitting, or on all fours, or loafing on the couch. Standing them upright is a step the template does for you before it ever animates anything — which is precisely why it works on animals that would never hold that pose for a camera.

The Fastest Way

I Got That Feeling

Two pet photos. Both of them upright, dancing, in your own room. 8 seconds, vertical, real sound.

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Two photos, 100 credits, no prompt. The template handles standing them up, the room, the routine and the audio.

Build It Yourself

If you'd rather wire it by hand, this is a video-to-video job: a fixed clip supplies the dance, and one composed still supplies the two animals.

1. Make the still first. One vertical image of both pets standing fully upright on their hind legs, side by side, with a clear gap of floor between them and both visible head to feet. This step decides whether the animals are even capable of the routine, and it's cheap to iterate — generate the still on its own and look at it before paying for any video.

The thing that matters most here is that they're upright and full-body. A pet photographed on all fours, animated directly, just stays on all fours.

2. Then drive it with the clip.

Image 1 shows the TWO characters. Video 1 is the performance to copy.The character on the LEFT of Image 1 copies the LEFT performer's moves. The character on the RIGHT of Image 1 copies the RIGHT performer's moves.The subjects do the same exact moves as Video 1 for the whole video, standing upright on their hind legs the entire time, their front paws working as arms and making exactly the movements the performer on that side makes.FACES: each character's eyes, ears, mouth and head follow the face of the performer on its own side in Video 1, moment for moment.The camera is the one from Video 1 — the same handheld phone, held by a person, drifting and reframing slightly the way a real hand does. Keep that drift. It is never locked off on a tripod and never perfectly still.The entire clip is the two characters from Image 1. Every frame from the first to the last shows only them.

Model choice: run it on Seedance 2.0 in video-to-video mode. It animates two characters independently, which is the requirement — engines that drive every subject in a still from a single skeleton will make both pets move in perfect unison, which looks exactly as wrong as it sounds.

Common Mistakes

Describing the dance in the prompt. This is the big one and it's counterintuitive. Writing "bouncing on the beat" or "waving their paws" makes the result worse — the model satisfies your description with the smallest possible version of the move and discards the real routine. Say only that the moves are copied from the reference, and let the clip supply them.

Inventing a pet-sized version of the move. If you tell it the animal does a "little paw wave," that's what you get. The whole appeal is the animal doing the whole human gesture. Ask for the full movement.

Naming an emotion. "Happy," "excited," "smiling" produces one expression frozen for the entire clip. Name the parts instead — eyes, ears, mouth, head — and point them at the reference.

Locking off the camera. A perfectly steady frame is one of the fastest ways to make a clip read as AI. The source was shot handheld and drifts; keeping that drift is doing real work.

Two pets in one photo slot. Each slot is one animal. A group shot makes the casting ambiguous.

FAQ

Which pet goes where? Photo 1 is on the left, photo 2 is on the right.

Can I mix a cat and a dog? Yes — our test render was a tabby and a corgi.

Do they need to be standing in the photo? No. Send a normal photo; the template stands them up.

Only one pet? Use Camden Bop — solo, and it handles animals well.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the I Got That Feeling pet dance?

It's the standing-pet dance format — animals up on their hind legs, front paws held out in front of them and working like arms, bobbing through a short routine in an ordinary room. The clip this template is built from comes from the Tiny Odd Pets account on TikTok, where two kittens do it side by side on a living room floor.

How many photos does it take?

Two — one pet per photo. The order decides the side: photo 1 is the pet on the left, photo 2 is the pet on the right. If you only have one pet, Camden Bop is the solo version and handles animals just as well.

Does it work on dogs as well as cats?

Yes, and you can mix them. We tested it two ways — two kittens, and a tabby cat beside a corgi — and every animal stood upright and held the routine. Anything with four legs and a clear front-facing photo works: cats, dogs, rabbits.

Do my pets have to be standing in the photo?

No. Send a normal photo of them sitting or standing on all fours. The template stands them up on their hind legs for you — that transform happens before the video step, which is the whole reason this works on animals that would never actually do it.

Does it use my own room?

It tries to. If your photo has a usable room behind the pet — walls, floor, furniture, a lamp — it rebuilds that real place to dance in rather than dropping them on a set. If the photo is a tight crop or a blank wall, it falls back to an ordinary lived-in living room at night.

How much does it cost?

100 credits, about $5, the same as every other video template. No subscription, and credits never expire. New accounts start with 20 welcome credits, which covers a photo pack or a couple of AI songs but not a full video.

Why is it 8 seconds?

Because that is the length of the whole arc. The source clip opens on one animal dancing alone, the second walks in partway through and stands up, and the two finish in sync — and the run-up matters as much as the payoff. Eight seconds is where the sound ends, so the clip stops on the beat rather than trailing off.

Why does it look handheld instead of steady?

On purpose. The clip it copies was filmed on a phone held in someone's hand, and it drifts and reframes slightly the whole way through. That wobble is most of what makes this kind of video read as real footage rather than an AI render, so the template keeps it rather than locking the camera off.

What photos work best?

One clear, well-lit, front-facing photo per pet, with the animal's whole body visible if you can manage it. Give it some room in the frame — a shot with your actual floor and furniture behind gives it something to rebuild. Avoid two pets in one photo; each slot is one animal.

Do I need to label it as AI?

Yes — TikTok, Instagram and YouTube all require AI-generated content to be disclosed. It costs you nothing; the clip is obviously a bit and it travels fine with the label on.

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